KALAMAZOO, MI –Western Michigan University professors will discuss climate change, which they consider to be the “the greatest moral issue of our times,” during a free and public event on Oct. 9.

Three WMU professors will explain why they think climate change is a critical moral issue and how the global community to failing to address it, while exploring the politics hindering international action.

Paul Clements, David Karowe and Ronald Kramer, professors of political science, biological sciences and sociology, will share their views at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the University Center for the Humanities, 2500 Knauss Hall.

Climate change “is causing millions of innocent deaths, destroying livelihoods and threatening major changes to the world that future generations will inherit,” reads a university release.

The professors will also speak about the effects such as the risk of widespread extinctions, loss of land due to sea level rise and forced population movements.

The Greatest Moral Issue of Our
Times" and is part of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's fall
season.